"What good is God's armour..."

"What good is God's armour, when there is no warrior inside it?"
-pastor phil dooley, hillsong united (april 8th, 2005, (toronto))

...because it doesn't matter if we're protected... if we're not gonna go out to fight, we won't make a difference in this world.

"going out to fight" can take many different forms...

i figure that the best use life in this world would be to spend it doing things that will outlast me. serving is really the only way to go when it comes down that... whether it's serving the community, or serving the people of this world -- all for for God's glory.

and no, serving is not easy, nor should we expect it to be. the only thing we can really claim is that the war is already won.... but the daily battles must still be fought. those battles with emotions, or hardships in friend-relationships, hardships in exclusive relationships, the struggles with our daily/weekly schedules, or the aggrevations over money and how "we can never have enough."

"going out to fight" would then mean to win the daily personal battles, and then to share the success we had while fighting alongside Jesus and the Holy Spirit... it's definitely encouraging to know that our fellow soldiers have had victories.

dunno if any of it makes sense so far... and i'd finish these thoughts, but my body and eyes are so exhausted. AND i wasn't actually at the concert, remember guys?